The efficacy and safety of azithromycin in treatment for childhood asthma: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Xiangcheng Pan^{1, 2, 3, 4}, Yan Liu^{1, 2, 3, 4}, Jiefeng Luo^{1, 2, 3, 4}, Siyu Li^{2, 3, 4, 5}, Sha Diao^{2, 3, 4}, Hailong Li^{2, 3, 4}, Liang Huang^{2, 3, 4}, Zhijun Jia^{2, 3, 4, 6}, Lina Chen⁴, Hanmin Liu^{4 *}, Lingli Zhang^{1, 2, 3, 4, 5 *}

1. West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.

2. Department of Pharmacy, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.

3. Evidence-Based Pharmacy Center, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.

4. Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Chengdu 610041, China.

5. West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.

6. Department of Biopharmaceutics, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China

* To whom correspondence should be addressed at:

Dr. Lingli Zhang

Evidence-Based Pharmacy Center, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.

Tel: 028-85503205; E-mail: zhanglingli@scu.edu.cn

Dr. Hanmin Liu

Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Chengdu 610041, China.

E-mail: liuhm@scu.edu.cn

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